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SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks were trading more than 3 percent higher late Tuesday morning, recovering from the previous session's over 8 percent plunge, as major semiconductor shares bounced back amid a ceasefire between Israel and Iran and investors' confidence in the artificial intelligence (AI) i…
Omar Abdulkadir Artan turned away by immigration officials. Fifa president Gianni Infantino previously said ‘everyone will be welcome’
US President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw support for Israel during a tense phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios reported on Monday.
US President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw support for Israel during a tense phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios has reported.
A young Palestinian boy had surgery delayed and food prices rose in Gaza as border closures widened the impact of Israel's latest bout of fighting with Iran.
London: As soon as Donald Trump declared an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Iran on Monday, the two countries undercut his latest boast about dictating the terms of a truce.
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TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran's international airport has reopened and flights carrying hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia have landed, Iranian news agencies reported early Tuesday.
The head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee, Ebrahim Azizi, said during an interview with CNN on Monday that Iran would have “no problem” pursuing a deal with the US as long as American negotiators and US President Donald Trump can prove sincerity.
Hezbollah said it carried out 16 attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Monday, targeting troop concentrations, military vehicles and equipment in several areas near the border.
US Vice President JD Vance said the success of any future agreement with Iran would depend not on "commitments made on paper" but on the ability to verify Tehran's compliance over time.
South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday, rebounding from the previous session's over 8 percent plunge, as major technology shares bounced back amid a ceasefire between Israel and Iran and sentiment that business fundamentals of sectors related to artificial intelligence remain strong.
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Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yehiel Leiter, said Israel was compelled to respond to Iran’s missile attacks, adding that no country could accept ballistic missiles striking its territory without retaliation.
SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday, rebounding from the previous session's over 8 percent plunge, as major technology shares bounced back amid a ceasefire between Israel and Iran and sentiment that business fundamentals of sectors related to artificial intelligence (AI) remai…
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US President Donald Trump said the United States would declare what he described as a “complete victory” over Iran within the next two weeks, while expressing optimism about ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
Israel's tit-for-tat strikes with Iran over the weekend, despite US President Donald Trump's call for Netanyahu to hold fire, threatened to thrust the Middle East back into another round of direct confrontation between Tehran and Washington.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned against further escalation in the Middle East, calling on all sides to uphold ceasefires in Lebanon, Iran and Gaza.
The Israeli army says it intercepted a “suspicious aerial target coming from Yemen” over the Eilat region in southern Israel.
For the first time in its history, the Maccabiah will open its celebrations to the wider Israeli public through a five-day sports festival at Expo Tel Aviv, transforming the venue into what organizers describe as an indoor Olympic Village packed with activities, exhibitions and entertainment for the entire family.
Game 1 of the Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem Israel basketball league’s best-of-five semifinal series at Yad Eliyahu came to a screeching halt late Sunday night when missiles from Iran began to rain down on the Holy Land as the matchup headed into the decisive final frame of play.
DAMASCUS - A statement by foreign fighters of Uzbek origin in Syria criticizing the country’s new government has reopened one of the most difficult security questions facing Damascus after the fall of Bashar Assad: what to do with thousands of non-Syrian combatants who fought in the country’s war and now face a dram…
The Rome Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over his connection with the handling of the May 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla case.
VIENNA, Austria — The United States is demanding Iran provide "precise" information on its enriched uranium stockpile and give the UN nuclear agency access "without delay", according to a draft resolution seen by AFP on Monday.
sraeli strikes have killed at least seven people in southern Lebanon, including a child, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
US President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back Israel’s retaliatory attacks on Iran, warning that nuclear talks with Tehran were close to a breakthrough, The New York Times reports.
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Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over treatment of Italian nationals detained during the interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Senior Iranian official Ebrahim Azizi says Tehran has “no problem” continuing peace talks with the United States in principle, but only if Washington proves it is negotiating honestly.
In 2022, the US constructed a military base near Yanbu, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast. Activity at the base surged during the US-Israeli war on Iran, as Iranian missiles and drones slammed into US bases closer to the Islamic Republic’s shores, current and former US officials tell Middle East Eye.
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has urged the United States to reopen its investigation into a 1967 Israeli attack on a US Navy ship, the USS Liberty, that killed 34 service members and injured 171 others.
Italian authorities are investigating Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over his treatment of activists seized from the Global Sumud Flotilla, Italy’s ANSA news agency reports.
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A worker finishes up fueling a jet at DFW International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
One in four adults in Israel smokes, and use of electronic cigarettes among youth is on the rise, according to the health minister’s 2025 report on smoking in Israel, which was submitted to the Knesset on Monday. The report details the scale of smoking in Israel and presents a worrying picture of teen smoking.
The Israeli government approved the Water Authority's latest long-term plan, which, for the first time, allows private entities to plan and develop large desalination plants, the Water Authority announced on Monday.
The Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid said he would not attend FID Marseille, an international film festival taking place in July, according to a report in Le Monde. Several directors who had planned to participate withdrew their films from the festival to protest the inclusion of Lapid, because they support a cultural …
Representatives from NATO militaries and European defense companies came to a series of field demonstrations of a critical Israeli system shown by Elbit Systems Ltd's Swedish subsidiary, Walla reported on Monday.
Iran said further ‘aggression and hostile acts’ by Israel, including in southern Lebanon, would be met with ‘much more severe’ measures
Iran said further ‘aggression and hostile acts’ by Israel, including in southern Lebanon, would be met with ‘much more severe’ measures
Há pouco mais de100 dias, os Estados Unidos e Israel lançaram uma ofensiva conjunta, atingindo alvos militares e estratégicos em todo o território do Irã.
Oficiales del ejército libanés portan el ataúd del capitán Elie Khoury, quien murió el sábado en un ataque aéreo israelí, durante su cortejo fúnebre en Kfar Jarra, al sur del Líbano, el lunes 8 de junio de 2026. (Foto AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
People take shelter as air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Iran’s Quds Force commander Ismail Qaani says a “new security belt” of allied forces will stretch across some of the world’s most sensitive maritime routes, warning the US and Israel that further attacks will draw a united response.